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A Superior Court judge on Monday upheld a previous judge’s ruling that changes to a payments-in-lieu-of-taxes law for Atlantic City’s casinos violated a 2018 court settlement with Atlantic County. Superior Court Judge Michael J. Blee denied the state’s request for...

Spirit Airlines said Monday it still supports Frontier Airlines’ $2.9 billion takeover bid for the airline, saying it was more likely to win regulatory approval than JetBlue’s competing $3.6 billion offer. Spirit said antitrust regulators are unlikely to approve...

The Federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a benefit that provides eligible low-income households up to $30/month off the cost of Internet and/or mobile service that could help you. Participants who select plans that cost $30 or less can receive their...

Just days after the first three major construction award contracts were announced for the 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind 1 offshore project, Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday said the New Jersey Economic Development Authority signed a Letter of Intent with Ørsted Offshore North...

The dispensaries that were up and running for the first day of adult-use marijuana sales saw a lot of green — as total gross sale topped nearly $1.9 million, according to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission. Cannabis and cannabis products (including lozenges...

Almost 200 small New Jersey businesses came to the Atlantic City Convention Center this week in the hope of landing lucrative contracts with the rapidly growing offshore wind industry. The International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, the industry’s biggest trade...

The federal government is speeding up its process of identifying and leasing ocean areas for generating offshore wind power because the industry is showing strong demand, and because of the urgency of the climate crisis, the government’s top offshore wind official...

Construction is underway on the new Innovation Center at Atlantic Cape Community College, a $5.3 million facility for esports and cybersecurity programs at the Mays Landing campus. The center will replace Boyer Hall, one of the oldest buildings at the college. It will...

Leaders of the national NAACP civil rights organization will provide a glimpse of the group's 113th national convention, to be held here this summer, during a news conference at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. The event will be held in the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall atrium, the...

NJDEP is seeking applicants for its latest round of grant funding for public fast charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. The $4 million competitive solicitation will award grants of up to $200,000 per location in community settings. These incentives can be...

As the weather warms up and COVID worries ease, Atlantic City officials and casino owners are getting ready for what they hope and anticipate will be a big spring and summer. The preparation starts with the moves and investments that the casinos are undertaking. In...

The rise of remote work has snipped the tether between home and office, allowing many white-collar workers to move out of high-cost cities. The great metro shrinkage is part of a larger demographic story. Last year, the U.S. growth rate fell to a record low. The major...

Hundreds of volunteers were in O’Donnell Park Saturday morning with trash bags and grapplers ready to pick up litter for the city’s first Community Cleanup Day. The event, hosted by Stockton University and the city government, was in celebration of Stockton’s 50th...

The Atlantic County Utilities Authority hosted its 30th annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday. An estimated 8,000 people gathered at the ACUA Environmental Park off Delilah Road to celebrate efforts to take care of the environment. The festival was canceled the past two...

The Chelsea Economic Development Corp.’s first “LGBTQ Pride in Homeownership Tour — Come Out and Sea” Friday explored the city’s LGBTQ community, while showcasing real estate and investment opportunities. The event attracted about 40 people, a mix of out-of-towners,...

Stockton University’s School of Business has earned extended accreditation from one of the most prestigious business education groups in the world. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a global nonprofit association that maintains the highest...

The Atlantic City Development Corp. and the Atlantic County Economic Alliance received $1 million in grants from Fulton Bank as part of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit program. The money will support two...

Toll-paying traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway is up 6.5% in the first quarter of 2022 over the same period last year, while the number of passengers using Atlantic City International Airport is up 69%, according to the South Jersey Transportation Authority. “The...

 New Jersey’s robust sports betting market broke the $1 billion mark for the sixth time last month in terms of the amount of bets taken. But the news was bad in March for seven of the nine casinos that continued to lag behind their in-person gambling revenue levels...

NJBC announced on behalf of the state’s business community, we are writing to express our strong support for S-733 (Madden, Singleton)/A-2152 (Greenwald) as it addresses three desperately needed fixes for our unemployment insurance (UI) payroll tax increase and the UI...